Stephanie Saul

Stephanie grew up in Mississippi and graduated from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Prior to joining the Times, she was a staff reporter for The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss., The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Long Island newspaper Newsday. While at Newsday, she won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting for a series she and Brian Donovan wrote on abuse of disability pensions by Long Island police. She joined The Times in 2005, covering the pharmaceutical industry.

Jho Low, a financier who is close to the family of Malaysia’s premier, was involved in purchasing five luxury properties in the U.S. costing more than $140 million between 2010 and 2012, a Times investigation found.

Shell companies are used to shield the identities of buyers in the competition to secure condos at the Time Warner Center and other high-end buildings. This is the first installment in a five-part series.